After dropping into the Recycling Centre this afternoon, I parked up next to the Portland Height's Hotel and took Ted for a walk through the quarries of King Barrow and Tout before heading back to the car.
A couple of highlights. The first was a juvenile Common Whitethroat followed by my first Wheatear this Autumn.
Birds Recorded:
1 Kestrel
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Robin
1 Wheatear
1 Common Whitethroat
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Linnet
Goldfinch
My first Wheatear this Autumn.
I'm pretty sure this is a juvenile Common Whitethroat.
It was very active in this Buddleia.
Here's a short video of it in the Buddleia.
Large White
Small White
1 Wall Brown
Common Blue
Chalk Hill Blue
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Plants:
Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
General Shots:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Hoverflies Recorded:
Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
Plants:
Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
Carline Thistle
Something I haven't noticed before, but there is..........
..........a pool in West Weares.
Ted on top of the world looking across Chesil Beach and Portland Harbour